NEWS Archives - Gethin Chamberlain

Shallow grave is testimony to Sudan’s lies 0

NEWS
August 4, 2004

Gethin Chamberlain, In Nami, North Darfur, for The Scotsman, 4 August 2004 THE grave is just a mound of earth, no more than two feet high at its peak and 10ft in diameter. It lies about 50 yards from the edge of the village of Nami in North Darfur. From the thorn tree a few

In this cat and mouse war, the sniper is king 0

IRAQ, NEWS
March 31, 2003

Gethin Chamberlain of The Scotsman, with the Black Watch near Basra, 31 March 2003 THE tank crew spotted them first; four men in civilian clothes jumping out of a pickup truck in the centre of Zubayr. One had a rocket- propelled grenade launcher. Corporal Mark Harvey was the first of the accompanying snipers to react, dropping

Corbyn’s sweatshop T-shirts: Poverty-stricken workers paid just 49p an hour 0

AMERICAS, INVESTIGATIONS, NEWS
September 13, 2015

* In Nicaragua, Corbyn T-shirt workers are paid £101 a month for shifts * ‘Team Corbyn’ garments sold out, raising £100,000 for his campaign * The T-shirts cost supporters £10 with the added postage cost of £3.50 * Corbyn spoke of his determination to combat poverty and inequality in an impassioned victory speech Gethin Chamberlain, for

Hell for leather: how low paid workers made Theresa May’s trousers 0

INVESTIGATIONS, NEWS
December 18, 2016

Gethin Chamberlain, for the Sunday Mirror, 18 December 2016 Theresa May’s £995 leather trousers are made in a Turkish factory by workers paid as little as £1.49 an hour. The Prime Minister’s luxury Amanda Wakeley desert pants last week triggered a spat between No10 and former Tory Education Secretary Nicky Morgan. Ms Morgan was barred

Exclusive: Schoolchildren in China work overnight to produce Amazon Alexa devices 0

ASIA, INVESTIGATIONS, NEWS, WORLD
August 10, 2019

Leaked documents show children as young as 16 recruited by Amazon supplier Foxconn work gruelling and illegal hours

Firepower and fear rule on the road to Basra 0

IRAQ, MIDDLE EAST, NEWS, WORLD
April 20, 2004

Iraq’s south, once safe, is now fraught with peril for troops Gethin Chamberlain, in Basra, for The Scotsman, 20 April 2004. “ALI Baba,” said the man standing at the checkpoint, drawing his finger across his throat and gesturing to the road ahead. “Ali Baba,” he said, his arms stretched out towards the soldiers imploringly. In Iraq,

The soldiers who fear they are fighting a forgotten war 0

IRAQ, MIDDLE EAST, NEWS, WORLD
April 20, 2004

Gethin Chamberlain in Az Zubayr, Iraq, for The Scotsman, 20 April 2004 IN THE darkness by the side of the road, Robert Grieve’s Land Rover rolled over and over, bullets ripping through it and out the other side. The rocket-propelled grenade had hit the tyre and bounced off, but the force of the blast had

They wait, clutching cards they hope will be their ticket to escape this terrible place 0

WORLD, NEWS
June 26, 2004

Gethin Chamberlain, on the Darfur border, for The Scotsman, 26 June 2004 THERE is a small boy, no more than six years old, clutching a rolled-up rug whose length is three times the height of his body. His arms are wrapped around the rug, the end of which sways backwards and forwards as he tries

Scam-dog millionaires 0

INVESTIGATIONS, NEWS
June 13, 2010

Crooks pocket Indian aid as UK faces £66bn cuts Exclusive: Gethin Chamberlain MILLIONS of pounds of taxpayers’ money sent to India to educate poor children is falling into the pockets of crooked officials in the country. A News of the World investigation has uncovered corruption on an incredible scale after our Government poured in £340MILLION

Kanye West’s £150 Yeezy trainers are made by Chinese workers earning just £147 a MONTH 1

INVESTIGATIONS, NEWS
April 12, 2017

Apache Footwear staff are paid the equivalent of 85p an hour based on a five-day week to make the star’s Adidas trainers Gethin Chamberlain for The Daily Mirror, 12 April 2017 Factory workers making Kanye West ’s new Adidas trainers are paid just £147 a month, £3 less than the price of the £150 sneakers.

Resistance crumbles as British troops make a decisive push 0

IRAQ, NEWS
April 7, 2003

Iraqis point out fedayeen hiding spots to British troops Gethin Chamberlain, in Basra, for The Scotsman, 7 April 2003 THE Iraqis were hiding in a bunker at the side of the road when the tanks first spotted them. There were four of them, waiting at a crossroads in the Al Hadi area of Basra, slotting

The Slumdog Footman: The incredible journey that took a poor boy from a Calcutta orphanage to a starring role at Buckingham Palace announcing the birth of Prince George 0

NEWS
July 27, 2013

Badar Azim, 25, came to the UK thanks to an orphanage scholarship He found himself taking a lead role in announcing Prince George’s birth His family of nine live in just two rooms back in India Gethin Chamberlain, for The Mail on Sunday, in Calcutta, 27 July 2013 He began life in a slum apartment

Gordon Brown weds today 0

NEWS
August 3, 2000

Record reveals the best kept secret since the budget Exclusive David Thompson And Gethin Chamberlain, The Daily Record, 3 August 2000 CHANCELLOR Gordon Brown will today end his long bachelor years and wed long -time girlfriend Sarah Macaulay. The man who has made prudence his by-word has finally decided to throw caution to the

Name of al-Sadr hangs over uneasy south 0

IRAQ, MIDDLE EAST, NEWS, WORLD
April 17, 2004

Gethin Chamberlain, in Basra, for The Scotsman, 17 April 2004 ODAY al-Dibaj clasps the bars of his prison cell, his hair cropped close to his head, his beard neatly trimmed. He speaks fast, and passionately. The people love Muqtada al-Sadr, Dibaj says, because Sadr loves his country and supports all the good people in Iraq.

How high street clothes were made by children in Myanmar for 13p an hour 0

INVESTIGATIONS, NEWS
February 6, 2017

Children of 14 were working a six-day week Gethin Chamberlain for The Observer, 5 February 2017 Children as young as 14 have been employed to make clothes for some of the most popular names on the UK high street, according to a new report. New Look, Sports Direct’s Lonsdale brand and H&M have all used

Horses left to starve after Romania bans carts from the roads 0

NEWS
February 17, 2008

Gethin Chamberlain, in Galati, Romania, for The Sunday Telegraph, 17 February 2008 RIBS SHOWING clearly through their tattered flanks, the starving horses corralled on the edge of the eastern Romanian city of Galati are just a few days away from death. Once, they would have pulled wooden carts along the city’s streets or worked in

Suicide and suffering grip Europe’s nation of orphans 0

WORLD, NEWS
March 25, 2007

Gethin Chamberlain, in Iasi, Romania, for The Sunday Telegraph, 25 March 2007 THE HEADMASTER glanced around the classroom. “Hands up, those of you with parents who are working abroad,” he told them. A forest of arms shot up; out of a class of 21 pupils at the school in Liteni in northern Romania, only three children

Damage caused during theft is no stain on the value of The Scream 0

NEWS
April 6, 2008

Gethin Chamberlain in Oslo, for The Sunday Telegraph, 6 April 2008 First, the bad news: Edvard Munch’s most famous painting, The Scream, is damaged beyond repair. Four years after it was stolen in an armed raid on an Oslo museum, and two years after Norwegian police found it, scratched and water-damaged, conservators have told The Sunday Telegraph there is

2,200 casualties: the true cost of the war in Iraq 0

NEWS
April 24, 2004

Gethin Chamberlain for The Scotsman, 24 April 2004 THE true scale of British casualties in Iraq is revealed today after the Ministry of Defence confirmed that more than 2,200 injured British military personnel have been flown home from the Gulf since the start of the campaign. With the security situation in Iraq deteriorating, The Scotsman has

The grim truth of Chinese factories producing the West’s Christmas toys 0

INVESTIGATIONS, NEWS
December 6, 2016

Investigation exposes low wages, hazardous chemicals and overtime beyond legal limits Gethin Chamberlain for The Observer, 4 December 2016 Xiao Fang thinks she’s one of the luckier workers making Barbie dolls for the Christmas market at the Mattel toy factory in Chang’an. True, she says, she works 11-hour days, six days a week, and shares

‘He turned to the helicopter and sank to his knees, then I hit him with my rockets’0

NEWS
April 29, 2007

US aircrews describe how, under new orders, they show no mercy to suspected Taliban fighters on the ground in Afghanistan Gethin Chamberlain, in Kandahar, for The Sunday Telegraph, 29 April 2007 Caught in the middle of the Helmand river, the fleeing Taliban were paddling their boat back to shore for dear life. Smoke from the

Child victims of the battle to end a bloody civil war 0

NEWS
May 25, 2009

Gethin Chamberlain, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Special report for The Guardian, 25 May, 2009 Lying howling on a torn mattress, in a cot by a window overlooking the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, the wounded toddler was a pitiful sight. A female relative fretted, trying to calm the girl down as the medics worked around her.

Gap, Next and M&S in new sweatshop scandal 0

INVESTIGATIONS, NEWS
August 8, 2010

Indian workers are paid just 25p an hour and forced to work overtime in factories used by some of Britain’s best-known high street stores Gethin Chamberlain for The Observer, 8 August 2010 Some of the biggest names on the British high street are at the centre of a major sweatshop scandal. An Observer investigation has

Human safaris may be banned, but still tourists flock to Andaman Islands 0

ASIA, INDIA, NEWS, WORLD
September 1, 2012

Eight months after the Observer revealed the shocking story of how tourists were paying to gawp at reclusive tribe, Gethin Chamberlain returns to find the practice still goes on “Jarawa!” The cry goes up from the front of the bus and, in an instant, the tourists are on their feet, craning their necks to see

MoD accused of hiding real cost of Iraq war 0

INVESTIGATIONS, IRAQ, NEWS, UK
January 1, 2006

By Gethin Chamberlain, for The Scotsman, 1 January 2006 THE Ministry of Defence has admitted that it issued misleading figures for the number of British soldiers injured in Iraq after a Scotsman investigation found that they were wildly inaccurate. John Reid, the Defence Secretary, last week claimed that about 230 UK personnel had been wounded

Monsoon’s internal audits reveal suppliers used child labour and underpaid workers 0

ASIA, INDIA, INVESTIGATIONS, NEWS, WORLD
November 21, 2010

Monsoon, the fashion retailer, proclaims its fair trade values, but its internal audits reveal concern at suppliers’ failures to meet minimum ethical standards in India and China Gethin Chamberlain, in Delhi, for The Observer Monsoon, the fashion chain that pioneered ethical shopping, has used suppliers in India who employ child labour and pay workers below the

Clintons’ charities got £50million of British aid cash 0

NEWS
July 26, 2015

Clintons’ charities got £50million of British aid cash: UK government accused of trying to buy influence with US power family The charity’s board includes former president Bill and candidate Hillary It has had £48.9million from the UK – more than £20million last year alone Critics say its a symptom of controversial pledge on foreign

Home thoughts that hurt as the black snow falls 0

NEWS
March 31, 2003

Gethin Chamberlain of The Scotsman, with the Black Watch on the outskirts of Basra, Iraq. For the BBC, 31 March 2003 When the soldiers awoke it was everywhere; the oily cinders coating every surface, falling like tiny flakes of black snow.On their sleeping bags, on their skin, in their hair, breathing it in, impossible to brush

“How could this happen in Britain?”0

NEWS
January 1, 2012

Gethin Chamberlain, in Pune, for The Sunday Mirror, 1 January 2012 NEHAL Sonawane sits on the bed of the neat little middle class house in the Indian city of Pune, waiting anxiously for news from England of investigation into the racist murder of her little brother Anuj. Her husband Rakesh is talking urgently into the

Her father wielded ‘the simple sword of truth’. But Alexandra Aitken prefers the spear of a Sikh warrior… and a bag of bananas 0

NEWS
August 25, 2012

Gethin Chamberlain, in Anandpur Sahib, India, for The Mail on Sunday, 25 August 2012 With a spear clutched in one hand, a bag of bananas in the other and iPod headphones tucked beneath a white and purple turban, Alexandra Aitken cuts a striking figure as she strides along an Indian country road. The look – completed

“Even the stones were destroyed”0

NEWS
June 15, 2004

Gethin Chamberlain, on the Darfur border, for The Scotsman, 15 June 2004 HALAWA’S body lay on the mountainside where she fell when the bombs exploded, her womb torn open, the tiny body of her unborn baby lying by her side, the blood soaking into the soil congealing in the heat of the sun. She was

EXCLUSIVE: Revealed, how American tyre giant Firestone forces families of dead Ebola victims to leave their homes on Liberian plantation 0

WORLD, NEWS
November 21, 2014

Gethin Chamberlain, in Monrovia, for MailOnline, 21 November 2014 Tyre giant Firestone has ordered the children of workers who died from Ebola to leave their homes on its plantation in Liberia. The company – part of the Bridgestone group which last week announced sales for the first nine months of the year totalling £14.5 billion

“Every one of these children is a ticking Ebola time bomb”0

WORLD, NEWS
November 12, 2014

Brutal truth of epidemic in Liberian slum where footballer George Weah grew up as number of orphans ‘hits 12,000’ Gethin Chamberlain for MailOnline, 12 November 2014 Three-year-old Emmanuel Thompson appears first, peering through the doorway of the house in the Clara Town slum. Then tiny Mercy McGill trots out and soon there are 10 children

iRip-Off: UK music fans paying SIX times more for iTunes than other countries 0

NEWS
December 9, 2012

Gethin Chamberlain for The Sunday People, 9 December 2012 Millions of British music lovers are being charged up to SIX TIMES as much for iTunes singles as those in other countries. The price difference was exposed after Apple launched new online iTunes stores in 53 countries. The Sunday People found Apple and the major record

Caught in the middle as al-Amarah explodes 0

NEWS
April 19, 2004

Gethin Chamberlain, in al-Amarah, Iraq, for The Scotsman, 19 April 2004 WE were almost out of al-Amarah when we heard the first gunshots. A couple at first, as we crossed a bridge out of the town, enough to focus the attention of two soldiers from the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, who had their heads and

Turkey’s ‘creeping Islamisation’ divides nation 0

EUROPE, NEWS, WORLD
July 15, 2007

By Gethin Chamberlain in Alanya, for the Sunday Telegraph, 15 July 2007 It could have been a scene from any beach in Turkey: a cluster of young women reclining on sun-loungers, soaking up the midday rays, thumbing through novels and smoking cigarettes, while fellow holidaymakers splashed in the sea. Yet there was not an inch

Colonel dons a tam-o’-shanter and leads his troops on a friendly foray into town 0

NEWS
April 2, 2003

The Black Watch’s commanding officer shuns armour to find out the views of Iraqis on the streets of Zubayr. Gethin Chamberlain, in Iraq, for The Daily Telegraph, 2 April 2003. TAM-o’-shanter perched atop his head, pistol secured in its holster on his belt, steel-rimmed glasses pushed back on to the bridge of his nose, Lt Col

Landmine: ‘The blast left the soldier on his back, staring at the mess of his leg’0

Video, NEWS
December 24, 2006

Gethin Chamberlain, in Kandahar, Afghanistan, for The Sunday Telegraph, 24 December 2006. STRUGGLING TO sit up, Frederic Couture surveyed his torn trouser leg and the bloodied strips of flesh which were all that remained of his foot. A landmine had exploded, blowing the rest of it away. “I’m 21-years-old and I’ve lost my foot,” he cried.

Vedanta versus the villagers: the fight for the sacred mountain 0

ASIA, INDIA, NEWS, WORLD
October 12, 2009

Tribes say plans by UK-listed mining firm Vedanta to mine on holy land will destroy their way of life Gethin Chamberlain in Niyamgiri, India, for The Guardian, 12 October 2009 The ash spills out across the plain beneath the brooding bulk of Niyamgiri mountain, swamping the trees that once grew here, forming dirty grey-brown drifts around

Tesco and Sainsbury’s school uniforms made by workers paid 25p an hour 0

INVESTIGATIONS, NEWS
September 12, 2015

The Sunday Mirror investigates true cost of school kit. We have removed the names to protect the workers who spoke to us Gethin Chamberlain for The Sunday Mirror, 12 September 2015 Two of Britain’s top stores are selling school uniforms made by workers paid 25p an hour doing shifts that break employment laws. Tesco and

India prays for rain as water wars break out 0

NEWS
July 12, 2009

The monsoon is late, the wells are running dry and in the teeming city of Bhopal, water supply is now a deadly issue. Gethin Chamberlain reports The Observer, 12 July 2009 It was a little after 8pm when the water started flowing through the pipe running beneath the dirt streets of Bhopal’s Sanjay Nagar slum. After days

Convert or die, Hindu lynch mobs tell fleeing Christians 0

INDIA, NEWS
October 19, 2008

As a fresh wave of sectarian violence is unleashed across the Indian state of Orissa, Gethin Chamberlain talks to homeless survivors in Kandhamal district who were forced to abandon their religion Gethin Chamberlain, for The Observer, 19 October 2008 HUNDREDS of Christians in the Indian state of Orissa have been forced to renounce their religion

Black Watch commander: how the MoD let us down in Iraq 0

NEWS
January 22, 2004

EXCLUSIVE Gethin Chamberlain in Fallingbostel, Germany, for The Scotsman, 22 January 2004 BLACK Watch troops were sent into battle in Iraq without the equipment they would have needed to survive had Saddam Hussein decided to use chemical or biological weapons against them. Yesterday, Lieutenant Colonel James Cowan, the commanding officer of the Black Watch, one of

They poured out of their Warriors and let fly with grenades, guns, everything 0

NEWS
March 26, 2003

Gethin Chamberlain of The Scotsman with the Black Watch, Iraq, 26 March 2003 JUST after dawn yesterday the Warrior crashed through the wall of the house tucked away down a side road in the Iraqi town of Al Zubayr, west of Basra. The first inkling those sleeping inside had that anything was wrong was when it

Murdered Polish nurse came to the UK looking for a better life 0

NEWS
October 7, 2007

By Gethin Chamberlain in Brzeg, Poland, for The Sunday Telegraph, 7 October 2007 It was in the little notes she wrote home to her family in Poland that Magda Pniewska revealed the silent anguish behind the smiling face of a young woman who had travelled to Britain in search of a better life. “I wish

999 Crisis: Ambulance response times across the UK hit a record low 0

INVESTIGATIONS, NEWS
July 31, 2016

30% of vehicles failing to meet the 8 minute limit by Gethin Chamberlain for the Sun on Sunday, 31 July 2016 AMBULANCE response times in the UK are at a record low, with thousands of patients dying needlessly every year. The news comes as a Sun on Sunday investigation finds that just 6.2 per cent

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